diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 59dedf6..31c1333 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ This MVP uses Drizzle with Bun SQLite for local file-backed persistence.
 - `bun run test`: run the unit test stage in all workspaces.
 - `bun run test:unit`: run Vitest explicitly as the unit test stage.
 - `bun run test:e2e`: build and run Playwright browser smoke and QA checks.
-- `bun run test:qa`: run the release gate through Turbo.
+- `bun run test:qa`: run the release gate through Turbo across check, unit,
+  build, Storybook, and e2e tasks.
 - `bun run build`: build the UI package, production website, and Bun server.
 - `bun run preview`: preview the production web build.
 - `bun run storybook`: start the UI package component explorer on port 6006.
@@ -102,7 +103,9 @@ bun run test:qa
 The gate runs TypeScript checks, Vitest coverage for model,
 persistence, renderer, datasource mocks, and presentation boundaries, the
 production build, the static Storybook build, and Playwright desktop/mobile
-smoke checks against the built adapter output. Playwright also performs
+smoke checks against the built adapter output. Turbo owns the release task
+graph; app package scripts stay as leaf commands and do not re-run the QA
+pipeline internally. Playwright also performs
 baseline screenshot checks, keyboard navigation checks, reduced-motion checks,
 landmark checks, and axe accessibility checks against the real model-driven
 route.
diff --git a/apps/web/package.json b/apps/web/package.json
index 7875aa8..c2c183f 100644
--- a/apps/web/package.json
+++ b/apps/web/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     "test": "vitest run",
     "test:unit": "vitest run",
     "test:e2e": "env -u NO_COLOR playwright test",
-    "test:qa": "bun run check && bun run test:unit && bun run build && bun run test:e2e",
     "db:generate": "drizzle-kit generate",
     "db:check": "drizzle-kit check"
   },
diff --git a/apps/web/playwright.config.ts b/apps/web/playwright.config.ts
index afba557..0dbd949 100644
--- a/apps/web/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/apps/web/playwright.config.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
       timeout: 120_000,
     },
     {
-      command: `cd ../.. && bun run build-storybook && STORYBOOK_STATIC_PORT=${storybookPort} bun apps/web/tests/e2e/storybook-server.ts`,
+      command: `cd ../.. && STORYBOOK_STATIC_PORT=${storybookPort} bun apps/web/tests/e2e/storybook-server.ts`,
       url: storybookURL,
       reuseExistingServer: false,
       timeout: 120_000,
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/workspace-boundary.test.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/workspace-boundary.test.ts
index 66a11c5..5707a8c 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/workspace-boundary.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/workspace-boundary.test.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,61 @@ describe("workspace boundaries", () => {
 
     expect(packageJson.private).toBe(true);
     expect(packageJson.workspaces).toEqual(["apps/*", "packages/*"]);
-    expect(packageJson.scripts?.build).toBe("turbo build");
+    expect(packageJson.scripts?.build).toBe("turbo run build");
     expect(existsSync(join(root, "turbo.json"))).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  test("keeps release orchestration in the root turbo task graph", () => {
+    const rootPackage = JSON.parse(
+      readFileSync(join(root, "package.json"), "utf8"),
+    ) as {
+      scripts?: Record<string, string>;
+    };
+    const webPackage = JSON.parse(
+      readFileSync(join(root, "apps/web/package.json"), "utf8"),
+    ) as { scripts?: Record<string, string> };
+    const turboConfig = JSON.parse(
+      readFileSync(join(root, "turbo.json"), "utf8"),
+    ) as {
+      globalDependencies?: string[];
+      tasks?: Record<string, { env?: string[] }>;
+    };
+
+    expect(rootPackage.scripts?.["test:qa"]).toBe(
+      "turbo run check test:unit build @dimensionlab/ui#build-storybook @dimensionlab/web#test:e2e",
+    );
+    expect(webPackage.scripts).not.toHaveProperty("test:qa");
+    expect(turboConfig.tasks).not.toHaveProperty("test:qa");
+    expect(turboConfig.globalDependencies).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining(["bun.lock", "tsconfig.base.json"]),
+    );
+    expect(turboConfig.tasks?.["test:e2e"]?.env).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        "CI",
+        "PLAYWRIGHT_DATABASE_URL",
+        "PLAYWRIGHT_PORT",
+        "PLAYWRIGHT_STORYBOOK_PORT",
+      ]),
+    );
+  });
+
+  test("lets turbo build Storybook before e2e serves the static artifact", () => {
+    const playwrightConfig = readFileSync(
+      join(root, "apps/web/playwright.config.ts"),
+      "utf8",
+    );
+    const turboConfig = JSON.parse(
+      readFileSync(join(root, "turbo.json"), "utf8"),
+    ) as {
+      tasks?: Record<string, { dependsOn?: string[] }>;
+    };
+
+    expect(playwrightConfig).not.toContain("bun run build-storybook");
+    expect(turboConfig.tasks?.["test:e2e"]?.dependsOn).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining(["@dimensionlab/ui#build-storybook"]),
+    );
+  });
+
   test("keeps the website app and reusable UI library as separate packages", () => {
     const webPackage = JSON.parse(
       readFileSync(join(root, "apps/web/package.json"), "utf8"),
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5b94c8f..e33d3aa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,18 +9,18 @@
     "packages/*"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "dev": "turbo dev --filter=@dimensionlab/web",
-    "build": "turbo build",
-    "preview": "bun run --cwd apps/web preview",
-    "storybook": "turbo storybook --filter=@dimensionlab/ui",
-    "build-storybook": "turbo build-storybook --filter=@dimensionlab/ui",
-    "check": "turbo check",
-    "test": "turbo test:unit",
-    "test:unit": "turbo test:unit",
-    "test:e2e": "turbo test:e2e --filter=@dimensionlab/web",
-    "test:qa": "turbo test:qa",
-    "db:generate": "bun run --cwd apps/web db:generate",
-    "db:check": "bun run --cwd apps/web db:check"
+    "dev": "turbo run dev --filter=@dimensionlab/web",
+    "build": "turbo run build",
+    "preview": "turbo run preview --filter=@dimensionlab/web",
+    "storybook": "turbo run storybook --filter=@dimensionlab/ui",
+    "build-storybook": "turbo run build-storybook --filter=@dimensionlab/ui",
+    "check": "turbo run check",
+    "test": "turbo run test:unit",
+    "test:unit": "turbo run test:unit",
+    "test:e2e": "turbo run test:e2e --filter=@dimensionlab/web",
+    "test:qa": "turbo run check test:unit build @dimensionlab/ui#build-storybook @dimensionlab/web#test:e2e",
+    "db:generate": "turbo run db:generate --filter=@dimensionlab/web",
+    "db:check": "turbo run db:check --filter=@dimensionlab/web"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "turbo": "^2.5.0"
diff --git a/turbo.json b/turbo.json
index ee027a8..446d6fe 100644
--- a/turbo.json
+++ b/turbo.json
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://turbo.build/schema.json",
+  "globalDependencies": [
+    "bun.lock",
+    "package.json",
+    "tsconfig.base.json",
+    "tsconfig.json"
+  ],
   "tasks": {
     "build": {
       "dependsOn": ["^build"],
-      "outputs": ["dist/**", "build/**"]
+      "outputs": ["dist/**", "build/**"],
+      "env": ["NODE_ENV", "VITE_*"]
     },
     "check": {
       "dependsOn": ["^build"],
@@ -11,33 +18,78 @@
     },
     "test:unit": {
       "dependsOn": ["^build"],
-      "outputs": []
+      "outputs": [],
+      "env": [
+        "AGENT_CONFIG_TOKEN",
+        "DASHBOARD_MIGRATIONS_DIR",
+        "DATABASE_URL",
+        "DISABLE_LIVE_DATASOURCES",
+        "PROMETHEUS_BASE_URL"
+      ]
     },
     "build-storybook": {
       "dependsOn": ["^build"],
-      "outputs": ["storybook-static/**"]
+      "outputs": ["storybook-static/**"],
+      "env": ["NODE_ENV", "STORYBOOK_*", "VITE_*"]
     },
     "test:e2e": {
-      "dependsOn": ["build", "^build"],
-      "outputs": ["test-results/**", "playwright-report/**"]
-    },
-    "test:qa": {
       "dependsOn": [
-        "check",
-        "test:unit",
         "build",
-        "build-storybook",
-        "test:e2e"
+        "^build",
+        "@dimensionlab/ui#build-storybook"
       ],
-      "outputs": []
+      "outputs": ["test-results/**", "playwright-report/**"],
+      "env": [
+        "AGENT_CONFIG_TOKEN",
+        "CI",
+        "DASHBOARD_MIGRATIONS_DIR",
+        "DATABASE_URL",
+        "DISABLE_LIVE_DATASOURCES",
+        "PLAYWRIGHT_DATABASE_URL",
+        "PLAYWRIGHT_PORT",
+        "PLAYWRIGHT_STORYBOOK_PORT",
+        "PROMETHEUS_BASE_URL",
+        "STORYBOOK_STATIC_PORT"
+      ]
+    },
+    "db:generate": {
+      "cache": false
+    },
+    "db:check": {
+      "outputs": [],
+      "env": ["DATABASE_URL"]
     },
     "dev": {
       "cache": false,
-      "persistent": true
+      "persistent": true,
+      "env": [
+        "AGENT_CONFIG_TOKEN",
+        "DASHBOARD_DEV_API_HOST",
+        "DASHBOARD_DEV_API_PORT",
+        "DASHBOARD_DEV_API_TARGET",
+        "DASHBOARD_MIGRATIONS_DIR",
+        "DATABASE_URL",
+        "HOST",
+        "PORT",
+        "PROMETHEUS_BASE_URL"
+      ]
+    },
+    "preview": {
+      "cache": false,
+      "persistent": true,
+      "env": [
+        "AGENT_CONFIG_TOKEN",
+        "DASHBOARD_MIGRATIONS_DIR",
+        "DATABASE_URL",
+        "HOST",
+        "PORT",
+        "PROMETHEUS_BASE_URL"
+      ]
     },
     "storybook": {
       "cache": false,
-      "persistent": true
+      "persistent": true,
+      "env": ["HOST", "PORT", "STORYBOOK_*", "VITE_*"]
     }
   }
 }